Indicator



" UNITED STATES PATEN T r-Emu IVAN S. PERKINS, OF GUYMON, OKLAHOMA.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that. I, IVAN S. PER rNs, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Guymon, in the county of Texas and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Indicators, of

. which the following is a specification.

My'invention relates to improvements in indicators, and my object is to provide a device which can be employed to advantage by bankers, real estate and other oflice men to advise their clients of legal holidays, when they willreturn if called out, and all other information they may wish to impart through a medium of this character.

The device is adapted to be. placed on office doors, desks and other prominent places, and it embodies a ribbon bearing all necessary notices and other information, and adapted to be adjusted to bring the desired notice or message into plain view of all interested parties.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, which shows one particular embodiment of the invention:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device.

Fig. 2 is a vertical, transverse section, on line IIII of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on line III-III of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevation of one end of the message bearingribbon, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a key.

In carrying out the invention, I employ a cabinet 1, having a door 2 operably-connected thereto by hinges 3, so that access may be readily had to the message bearing ribbon 5 and the mechanism within the cabinet. As disclosed by Fig. 1, the door 2 closes the front and top of the cabinet and thus excludes therefrom rain, snow, etc., when the cabinet is placed on the outside of a building.

Preferably, the cabinet 1 and the door 2 are made of sheet metal, although other materials may be used, andthe door 2 is provided with a window 6 through which the message and notices printed or written upon the ribbon 5 can be observed. Said door 2 is also provided with a lock 7 to prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to the interior of the cabinet and tampering with the mechanism arranged therein.

The forward portions of the side walls 9 of the cabinet are, prevented from springing toward or away from each other by a pair of transverse stay members 10, remova lymounted upon studs 12, projecting from the forward edges of said side walls 9, which are recessed as indicated at 13 to receive the ends of the stay members 10. The stay members 10 also retain the ribbon close to.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 8, 1919, Application filed January 28, 1918. Serial No. 214,049. 7

bon 5. Each spool 15 is mounted upon a shaft 16, preferably, rectangular in cross section to cause the spool, which is removablymounted thereon to rotate therewith for the purpose of adjusting theribbon 5 to bring the desired notice or message opposite the window 6. Each shaft 16 has cylindrical journals 18 and 19 mounted in the side walls 9 of the cabinet 1, said side walls being provided with bearings 21 which provide comparatively broad surfaces for the journals 18 and 19. A stem 22 projects from the journal 19 of each shaft to receive the barrel of a small key 25 whereby either shaft may be rotated, so that it may in turn rotate its respective spool to wind the ribbon 5 thereon.

Each stem 22 has a lateral projection 27 over which the slotted portion 28 of the key barrel 26 engages, so that when said key is rotated it will rotate the shaft therewith. The slot 28 has a rightangular extension 29 to receive the projection 27 on either shaft 16 when it is desired to withdraw the same from its respective spool and hearings in the sides 9 of the cabinet 1. In order to protect the stems 22 from damage they are arranged in recesses 30, formed 1n the adjacent side of cabinet 1, said recesses being large enough to receive the barrel 26 of the key 25.

Each spool 15 has a pair of studs 32 projecting therefrom to removably-secure the ends of the ribbon 5 thereto, said ends having perforations 33 to receive the'studs 32.

40 designates a timepiece which in conjunction with certain instructions on the ribbon 5, indicates when the proprietor will return to his oflice. Said timepiece is mounted in a lower corner of the door 2, which same, this operation being manually preformed with a key 25, which is adapted to fit over a stem 46 geared in any suitable manner to the hands 43, for the purpose of actuating the same. The stem 46, has a lug 49 for engagement with the slotted portion 28 of the key 15.

Then it is desired to bring any particular message on the ribbon into position before the window 6, the barrel of the key is slipped upon the stem 22 of the proper shaft, with the slotted portion 28 engaging over the rojection 27, after which said shaft may e rotated until the desired subject-matter is brought into position.

'When it is desired to remove one ribbon and substitute another'therefor, containing different subject-matter, the key 25 is slipped over the stem of each shaft until the angular extension 29 engages over the projection 27. The operator then pulls outwardly on the key, which operation withdraws the shaft, thus allowing the spool to be removed from the cabinet 1 and theribbon to be removed, after which another ribbon is substituted, and the spools replaced in the cabinet.

From the foregoing description, it will be Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is:

Ina device of the. character described,

a cabinet having a window therein, spools J in the -upper and, lower portions of said cabinet, a ribbon connected to said spools and bearing information for exposure at the window, a timepiece mounted in the cabinet adjacent to the window for use in conjunction with information onthe W111ClOW,&I1Cl winding shafts to the spools and said'timepiece adapted to receive an operatmg key common to all of sald shafts.

In testimony whereof'I afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

IVAN S. PERKINS. Witnesses:

F. G. Frsonnn, L. J. FISCHER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing theVOommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

